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3 months ago
A powerful winter storm is expected to coincide with post-holiday return traffic.
3 months ago
New Year’s revellers are permitted to set off fireworks only between 6pm and 2am.
3 months ago
The unpredictability of the US worries export companies, who instead see the EU and Nordic countries as safe, increasingly important trading partners, the Chamber of Commerce says.
3 months ago
Helsinki District Court imposed an enhanced travel ban on all three suspects. They are still under investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
3 months ago
Law enforcement officers responded to reports of disorderly behaviour, domestic violence and suspected arson as well as traffic violations and missing persons.
4 months ago
The stillness of Christmas in Helsinki is quite the contrast from the lively holiday in Lagos, Nigeria.
4 months ago
As Finland marks 30 years of women in uniform, one of its highest-ranking female officers argues that the armed forces can no longer afford to think in terms of men and women.
4 months ago
Visitors drank more than 85,000 cups of hot mulled wine and ate more than 60,000 bowls of rice porridge over a roughly three week span.
4 months ago
The Hursti foundation were forced to turn people away from the venue in Pasila due to a lack of space.
4 months ago
The reading of the Declaration of Christmas Peace is a tradition that marks the official start of the festive period for many Finnish people.